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Re: Mechanical v. Electronic

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: Back in 1965 my wife gave me a small square gold Omega. I'm pretty
: hard on a watch and over time I lost confidence in it keeping
: accuate time because it oftened stopped running. I had it looked
: at and fixed a few time. It never ran right. I put it away for
: 40 years. I recently got it out. It is such a pretty looking
: watch. I would like to wear it. Is there any way you can replace
: the mechanical parts with an electronic one?
: Bill Chidsey

Hi Bill, Sounds to me like you need to find a competent watchmaker. Yeah, you could probably find someone to install a quartz movement, but why? You could
send it to the Omega factory for a full restoration, and it would arrive back as new. That's the path that I would take. If my wife had given given me a
watch(she has), I would want to keep it original. Good luck, and we would love to see some pics........David

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